The Downward Spiral is the title track for a record released by Nine Inch Nails. The track starts off with just some noise in the background which gradually grows louder and certainly helps in creating a very dark and eerie mood which is really just rampant throughout this entire …

Tired Of Sex is the opening song on Pinkerton, the second album by Weezer. What strikes a listener immediately about this track, compared to any of the songs on Weezer’s debut album, is that it has a much rougher sound to it and isn’t quite as pop sounding. This …

The Florida Death Metal band Cannibal Corpse’s 1991 follow up to the 1990 classic death metal album Eaten Back To Life ups the ante. This time around the album cover is even more shocking, (by the name of the album you can take a good guess as to what …

The Eagles Of Death Metal are a somewhat newer band that caught my attention. Being a Queens of The Stone Age fan, I really found this band to be quite different but at the same time very intriguing. It’s kind of hard to describe, it just feels… sleazy when …

I Would Never Wanna Be Young Again is a song by Gogol Bordello and is the second track on their album Gypsy Punks: Underdog World Strike. The track opens up with a quick drum rhythm before the rest of the band comes in and keeps up the energy established …

This album is of course very influential. It became very popular, and many bands tried to copy its sound. But, as far as I am concerned, I do not think that this album is perfect. For me this album consists of several elements, and while some of them are …

“No Rain” is a song by alternative rock band, Blind Melon who came to fame through this popular song that gives you the feeling of the peaceful and psychedelic era of the 1960’s all over again.
The song in general is about a peaceful life, laid back and beautiful. …

Nirvana: Unplugged in New York is a great CD that every rock lover should own. Nirvana: Unplugged in New York is truly a great historical event market because it is the last concert that Kurt Cobain played prior to his death. I think that Kurt Cobain was an outstanding …

If you are not familiar with the girl band Sugababes, fret not. That is because they are a girl group band hailing all the way from UK. And they sound as sweet as sugar. As for this album, Catfights and Spotlights by Sugababes they score to me …

Lullaby For The Summer is an instrumental by Jimi Hendrix which appears on his posthumous album, Valleys Of Neptune. The track starts off with a guitar riff coming through the left channel before the music picks up and it starts coming through both channels. Thus far I wouldn’t say …

Mariah Carey’s latest, E=MC2 album is packed with songs which should be smashing hits in the future. E=MC2 reached number one, and has so far spawned four hits, which includes the number one single, touch my body, the summer smash I’ll be loving you long time featuring T.I, the …

Cannibal Corpse is a band in the ‘Death Metal’ genre. However I personally wouldn’t call them a band at all. I physically and mentally DESPISE them in any ways possible, and anyone who considers grunting an art form of singing seriously needs to open their eyes into the real …

The Blackening is metal legends Machine Head’s sixth offering to the “Djent” scene.
The production is much more polished than previous albums, and the overall sound is crisper, and tighter. The band have definitely stepped up a notch in terms of technical ability and musicianship with this offering, and as …

The first time that I heard of the popular American country music singer and songwriter Willie Nelson was a few years after my family just got cable television when I just entered high school. I can remember that quite a few country singers were having something for him and …

Everyone - I’m excited to review a new music group that includes Alaina Whitaker, Andrea Young, and Erin James; yup, Alaina is the Alaina from American Idol ! I wouldn’t compare them to the Dixie Chicks; though they have a similar name and numbers in the group. Alaina has …

Besides their other huge album Cherry pie. The 80’s Glam Rock band Warrant also achieved alot of success with the Album Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich. This album had huge power Ballad hits like Sometimes She Cries and Heaven that mostly had a big following with the younger women. …

The UK’s favourite Indie rockers returned this summer with their fourth studio album, entitled Suck It and See.
Despite critics and fans alike not being too impressed with their last record, Humbug, the boys from Yorkshire have returned with, what I feel, is a very impressive album.
Although I was …

My husband gave me this perfume as his present last Christmas. I have never tried this perfume before until he gave one to me. Its scent is not something that I will get addicted too (unlike the J’Adore which scent is very addictive, ahhhh!). Its alright, but …

Sounds of Earth: Rainforest - Sounds Of The Earth Series is a wonderful audio CD to listen to. This CD offers a couple noticeable sounds in the background: the sounds of birds, the sound of a stream on track one, and the sound of thunder on track two. I …

If you ever want to check out an awesome piece of guitar work, then I would suggest you listen to Eruption by Guitar virtuoso Eddie Van Halen. Released on the first Van Halen album, Eruption is 1 and a half minute instrumental album that Eddie originally used as a …

I am so in love with hit single The Man Who Can’t Be Moved by The Script. Just some information about this song and the band, before I pore out my heart. I am not in love or anything, all it is, is I am in love …

I’ve liked Snow Patrol since I first saw them at Isle of Wight festival years ago. And I really like this album … infact, I personally prefer it to their deubut ‘Final Straw’ which was hugely popular at the time, and still contains their best known and best loved …

No Other One is a song by Weezer which appears on their sophomore effort, Pinkerton. Though the very start of the track is pretty electric and upfront, the start of the verse calms down a bit and focuses on Rivers delivering the lyrics in a fairly melodic tone. Acting …

Lisa Loeb, a New York based singer-songwriter is definitely one of those artists who I’ve loved from day one. I’ve always admired the lyrical ability and distinctive voice of the quirky singer who is known for the hit “Stay”. While Lisa Loeb has really only had one song that …

Beer Is Good For You by David Allan Coe is the type of song I would have expected someone to write that was writing a jingle for a Budweiser commercial. I had never heard it before so when I came across it I had to just check it out. …

I recently picked up this CD because I am a huge fan of the band Haste The Day. I was very disappointed however when I listened to it. I really don’t like how the band has gotten away from the style that made it good in the first place. …

Overview —“ Warning, Green Day’s sixth album, really has quite a different sound than what I was expecting it to have and definitely not in a good way. The band seems to try and merge their electric and acoustic influences on this album, but unlike on past works where …

Artist: Beyonce
Video: “Suga Mama”
Album: B-Day
Label: Columbia
Director: Melina and Beyonce
Sporting a 1970s funk and soul theme, “Suga Mama” is predominantly filmed in black and white all throughout and begins with Beyonce donning one of her sexiest outfits yet, a 1950s masculine suit with form-fitting pants (mmm hmm, yep). She sits …

By the time KILLER was released in 1971, Alice Cooper the man had slowly but surely began creating his gothic and spooky character. Gone was the flower child inspired fruit rock and in it’s place a progressively inclined psychedelic hard rock sound that really shows the beginning of the …

I’ve been a fan since I first heard Frankmusik’s break-out single “3 little words” at Last.fm. I couldn’t get enough of Frankmusik’s eclectic light and heady out-of-this-world pop melodies. There was so much anticipation for this album, his first one yet. It’s just too much auditory …

Barbra Streisand and holiday tunes: what a combination, but it works, and it works well. Barbra Streisand: Christmas Memories CD is a collection of 12 songs, new to Streisand and not repeats from her first holiday album done decades ago, with the exception of Ava Maria, though it’s …

Overview —“ The Day That Never Comes, the first video released by Metallica for the album Death Magnetic, is a video that takes place in an Eastern setting and goes from an approach that Metallica really isn’t gone with before. I do remember an interview where James Hetfield stated …

Lightning Strikes Twice is a song by Iron Maiden which appears on their record Virtual XI. The track starts off in a very melodic fashion with a clean guitar part as well as a lead melodic solo coming through the left channel of the track as you can also …

Days of the New released their self titled debut album in 1997.At the time songwriter and front man Travis Meeks was only 15 years old.Regardless of age, the album displays musical maturity delivered through an intensely creative performance.The album was the first to be considered an all acoustic Heavy …

When The Earth Moves Again is a song by Jefferson Airplane which appears on their album Bark. The track opens up with a mix of violin, piano, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass, and drums so as you can imagine, right from the start of this track the song has …

Royal Orleans is a song by Led Zeppelin which appears on their record Presence. The song starts off with a distinctive riff from Page, reinforced by Jones, which repeats twice before leading into the main rhythm of the track and the first verse for Plant. Plant has a nice …

I have only recently been introduced to the music of the Benjy Davis Project and have been really enjoying their honest pop-rock feel which is a bit like a cross between Counting Crows, Matchbox Twenty and another one of my favorites Will Hoge.
This new album of theirs is …

I Remember Learning How To Dive is a song by Animal Collective and is the final track to appear on their 2005 EP, Prospect Hummer. Opening up with an incredibly simple percussive pattern, Bunyan rejoins the recording and contributes the vocals to the track with a multi-layered vocal delivery. …

Run Run Run is a song by the Velvet Underground which appears on their debut record, The Velvet Underground and Nico. Opening up with a fairly energetic guitar rhythm, Reed comes in with the vocals of the track which gives the song slightly more of a blues-like sound to …

Overview —“ Haunting The Chapel, Slayer’s first EP, is three tracks which pass by incredibly fast and all have an extremely aggressive feel to them. The drumming by Lombardo, who is one of the few drummers who I actually tend to pay attention to, is excellent as always and …

Electioneering is a song by Radiohead which appears on their third record OK Computer. I’m going to say right away that Electioneering truly isn’t like the rest of the songs on OK Computer, or really like many of the songs by Radiohead for that matter. This isn’t to say …

Saved is the title track of an album released by Bob Dylan. The track starts off with an upbeat guitar and organ part which has a very gospel-like sound to it, particularly once Dylan comes in with the vocals and the lyrics of the song. As if this wasn’t …

The limits a man would go for a woman is incredible these days. Who wouldn’t fall in love with a man who would do anything for them? The man in this song is so dedicated to his woman that he would go bankrupt for her, quit a job so …

God Walks Among Us Now: Jesus Song No. 6 is a song by the Flaming Lips and the seventh song to appear on their fourth release, In A Priest Driven Ambulance. In contrast to the two preceding songs on this record, this song returns the band to a …

Drunken Lullabies is the title track of an album by Flogging Molly. The track starts off with an Irish sounding riff which is very characteristic of the band. The track soon really gets going with more instrumentation joining in to double up on this riff and give the song …

The Judas Kiss, a second track on Death Magnetic which seems to be a fan favorite (along with All Nightmare Long) is yet another choice which I can easily understand. For the fans who remember the original Mission Metallica trailer, they’ll remember that the trailer contained a vocal section …

Overview - Bringing It All Back Home, Bob Dylan’s fifth effort, is a record that is split up into two unique sides: one electric, one acoustic. This concept is a new idea by Dylan and this is the first record where he’s actually backed by a band rather than …

Chicken And Meat is a song by Das Racist which appears on their first album, Shut Up, Dude. The track opens up with a fairly quick tempo led by an electronic intro before the vocals come in with a quick delivery and some catchy lines. One thing about Das …

I will admit that when I heard the first few bits of Give Me Novacaine I was a bit worried that it was going to be another track to sound extremely similar to previous songs like Boulevard Of Broken Dreams and Are We The Waiting, thankfully I was wrong. …

Rock music seems to have sprouted an absolute ton of different genres over the years, and one of these more current genres is the mixing of a metal like sound with a younger, almost pop sounding singer. Most of the time, it creates music that seems out of place …